[BioC] limma - FDR adjusted "p-values"
Naomi Altman
naomi at stat.psu.edu
Mon Jan 31 15:56:09 CET 2005
Just a suggestion:
The FDR adjusted "p-values" are called "q-values" in much of the
literature. I suggest that limma follow suit, and also add a line to the
documentation (it might already be there and I missed it)
"If the number of significant results at level alpha is less than
alpha*(number of genes), then the q-value will be 1.0."
It seems like I have to explain this to just about every investigator who
runs into this.
Naomi S. Altman 814-865-3791 (voice)
Associate Professor
Bioinformatics Consulting Center
Dept. of Statistics 814-863-7114 (fax)
Penn State University 814-865-1348 (Statistics)
University Park, PA 16802-2111
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